diff --git a/docs/src/basics/Variable_metadata.md b/docs/src/basics/Variable_metadata.md
index bcfe90bab4..44dfb30327 100644
--- a/docs/src/basics/Variable_metadata.md
+++ b/docs/src/basics/Variable_metadata.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ using ModelingToolkit: t_nounits as t, D_nounits as D
 @variables k(t) [connect = Stream]
 hasconnect(i)
 ```
+
 ```@example connect
 getconnect(k)
 ```
@@ -197,12 +198,13 @@ state_priority(important_dof)
 
 ## Units
 
-Units for variables can be designated using symbolic metadata. For more information, please see the [model validation and units](@ref units) section of the docs. Note that `getunit` is not equivalent to `get_unit` - the former is a metadata getter for individual variables (and is provided so the same interface function for `unit` exists like other metadata), while the latter is used to handle more general symbolic expressions. 
+Units for variables can be designated using symbolic metadata. For more information, please see the [model validation and units](@ref units) section of the docs. Note that `getunit` is not equivalent to `get_unit` - the former is a metadata getter for individual variables (and is provided so the same interface function for `unit` exists like other metadata), while the latter is used to handle more general symbolic expressions.
 
 ```@example metadata
-@variable speed [unit=u"m/s"]
+@variable speed [unit = u"m/s"]
 hasunit(speed)
 ```
+
 ```@example metadata
 getunit(speed)
 ```
diff --git a/src/systems/abstractsystem.jl b/src/systems/abstractsystem.jl
index 0444877432..dc47457825 100644
--- a/src/systems/abstractsystem.jl
+++ b/src/systems/abstractsystem.jl
@@ -2248,15 +2248,20 @@ macro mtkbuild(exprs...)
     expr = exprs[1]
     named_expr = ModelingToolkit.named_expr(expr)
     name = named_expr.args[1]
-    kwargs = if length(exprs) > 1
-        NamedTuple{Tuple(ex.args[1] for ex in Base.tail(exprs))}(Tuple(ex.args[2]
-        for ex in Base.tail(exprs)))
+    kwargs = Base.tail(exprs)
+    kwargs = map(kwargs) do ex
+        @assert ex.head == :(=)
+        Expr(:kw, ex.args[1], ex.args[2])
+    end
+    if isempty(kwargs)
+        kwargs = ()
     else
-        (;)
+        kwargs = (Expr(:parameters, kwargs...),)
     end
+    call_expr = Expr(:call, structural_simplify, kwargs..., name)
     esc(quote
         $named_expr
-        $name = $structural_simplify($name; $(kwargs)...)
+        $name = $call_expr
     end)
 end
 
diff --git a/src/variables.jl b/src/variables.jl
index 049dac790b..536119f107 100644
--- a/src/variables.jl
+++ b/src/variables.jl
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ ModelingToolkit.dump_variable_metadata(p)
 """
 function dump_variable_metadata(var)
     uvar = unwrap(var)
-    variable_source, name = Symbolics.getmetadata(uvar, VariableSource, (:unknown, :unknown))
+    variable_source, name = Symbolics.getmetadata(
+        uvar, VariableSource, (:unknown, :unknown))
     type = symtype(uvar)
     if type <: AbstractArray
         shape = Symbolics.shape(var)
@@ -102,7 +103,9 @@ getconnect(x::Symbolic) = Symbolics.getmetadata(x, VariableConnectType, nothing)
 Determine whether variable `x` has a connect type. See also [`getconnect`](@ref).
 """
 hasconnect(x) = getconnect(x) !== nothing
-setconnect(x, t::Type{T}) where T <: AbstractConnectType = setmetadata(x, VariableConnectType, t)
+function setconnect(x, t::Type{T}) where {T <: AbstractConnectType}
+    setmetadata(x, VariableConnectType, t)
+end
 
 ### Input, Output, Irreducible 
 isvarkind(m, x::Union{Num, Symbolics.Arr}) = isvarkind(m, value(x))
@@ -581,7 +584,7 @@ metadata associated with it.
 See also [`getmisc(x)`](@ref).
 """
 hasmisc(x) = getmisc(x) !== nothing
-setmisc(x, miscdata) = setmetadata(x, VariableMisc, miscdata) 
+setmisc(x, miscdata) = setmetadata(x, VariableMisc, miscdata)
 
 ## Units ======================================================================
 """
diff --git a/test/if_lifting.jl b/test/if_lifting.jl
index b72b468bf1..9c58e676d0 100644
--- a/test/if_lifting.jl
+++ b/test/if_lifting.jl
@@ -110,3 +110,17 @@ end
         @test operation(eq.rhs) === ifelse
     end
 end
+
+@testset "`@mtkbuild` macro accepts `additional_passes`" begin
+    @mtkmodel SimpleAbs begin
+        @variables begin
+            x(t)
+            y(t)
+        end
+        @equations begin
+            D(x) ~ abs(y)
+            y ~ sin(t)
+        end
+    end
+    @test_nowarn @mtkbuild sys=SimpleAbs() additional_passes=[IfLifting]
+end